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| Baghdad car bombs kill more than a dozen near Iraqi capital's green zone | Baghdad car bombs kill more than a dozen near Iraqi capital's green zone |
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| Four bombs have exploded near Baghdad's heavily fortified green zone, home to the prime minister's office and several western embassies, and in a busy square in the capital, killing at least 22 people. | |
| The blasts came a day after two rockets were fired into the green zone, and are likely to heighten concerns about Iraq's ability to protect strategic sites as security deteriorates across the country. | The blasts came a day after two rockets were fired into the green zone, and are likely to heighten concerns about Iraq's ability to protect strategic sites as security deteriorates across the country. |
| Two of the bombs went off in cars parked opposite the ministry of foreign affairs, killing five people, security sources said. | Two of the bombs went off in cars parked opposite the ministry of foreign affairs, killing five people, security sources said. |
| The other car was driven by a suicide bomber who blew himself and the vehicle up outside a restaurant close to a checkpoint one street away from the green zone, killing four people, they added. | The other car was driven by a suicide bomber who blew himself and the vehicle up outside a restaurant close to a checkpoint one street away from the green zone, killing four people, they added. |
| Another explosion, near Khulani Square in central Baghdad, left four others dead. | Another explosion, near Khulani Square in central Baghdad, left four others dead. |
| No group immediately said it had carrried out the attacks, but Sunni Islamist militants have been regaining ground in Iraq, particularly in Anbar province, where they overran two cities on 1 January. | No group immediately said it had carrried out the attacks, but Sunni Islamist militants have been regaining ground in Iraq, particularly in Anbar province, where they overran two cities on 1 January. |